Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | 113 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Walker Hard
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2010.01.18
Oh, right, the guy he hired to make it happen. Davros asks Farhad, "Where are you?" "Yes, we're safe," Farhad says, and asks about his brother. "He's alive. He survived!" Davros groans. Farhad relays this to Mrs. H., remembering to add, "God is with us." Then he asks Davros, "Can you tell me what happened?" Trying to avoid the agents now searching the abandoned building, Davros quickly tells the story. "What would you suggest we do?" Farhad carefully asks. "It's over. Get out now," Davros instructs. "It can't be long before they realize it's you." Well, I have to give credit to Davros for his commitment to customer service. Most assassins, after the shit goes down, don't have time for the client any more, but this guy makes the effort to help guide his employer through those critical post-crisis moments. That goes a long way toward making up for the fact that the assassin-ee is still alive. Although I have to wonder how long they thought Farhad could remain undercover even if his brother had died. But that's all moot, so Farhad hangs up. Mrs. H. says his name, and after a pause, Farhad dives out the door. The CTU agent jumps out to head him off and get him back in the car. Farhad nods like he's going to comply, but then suddenly he pulls a dagger out of his breast pocket and buries the blade in the CTU agent's neck. Seriously, a big old sharp knife. Has Farhad been carrying that around all day? While sitting at a table with not one but two presidents? Because if so, that's the biggest security failing of an entire afternoon that's been filled with them. One hopes that CTU agent has time to think about that as he collapses bloodily against the car window for the edification of the Hassan women. Farhad dashes away in the "confusion." Well, at least he can't get far on foot, and he doesn't have that knife any more. And how many more could he have on his person?
At 7:06:47, Cole is still searching the empty building alone. Somehow Davros appears behind him and orders, "Get on your knees." Cole complies with that order, and also with Davros's instruction to slide his gun back toward him. "Now you're going to walk me out of here," Davros says. Don't worry, that's not a spoiler. He tells Cole to call in and say this area is clear and to move the search elsewhere. "You want to live? Make the call." Because Davros totally won't kill Cole anyway after he gets what he wants, right? Cole touches his comm earpiece (which he should have had on all this time or he wouldn't be in this situation right now) and quietly says, "This is Cole Ortiz, in the southwest corner of the building in pursuit of the assassin." After a long pause in which he mentally gets his affairs in order (although honestly, he's been playing with house chips for the last seven minutes anyway), he says, "He's with me now." Davros looks pissed, and two shots ring out. But it's Davros who goes down, because Kiefer arrived just in time. Having not only gotten inside the search perimeter without difficulty and without credentials, but also apparently having tracked Davros by scent. Kiefer makes sure Cole is okay, then checks Davros's pulse. He's dead, at least until the Daleks dig him up again. For whatever reason, Kiefer rips Davros's shirt open, revealing a canvas of tattoos on his chest. They look Russian, with stars and Russian minarets and crap. "Son of a bitch," Kiefer breathes, breaking out his cell phone to record the images for posterity. Or whatever freaky-ass dead tattoo fetish website he's launched since the end of Season Seven.